Son

Filmmaker Tomas Ponsteen, adopted from Brazil as a child, weighs whether to search for the biological mother he never knew.

A deeply personal documentary about the pull of origins and the fear of what a search might reveal.

In “Filho,” the filmmaker Tomas Ponsteen, who was adopted from Brazil, grapples with whether or not to search for his biological mother.

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